Review of The Indian Runner (1991) by Writefilmlive21 — 29 Dec 2012
"The Last Crusade" is the final film in the original Indiana Jones trilogy - and fittingly, the most entertaining of them all. This time, Indy's dad joins the adventure, played by Sean Connery, and the chemistry between these two gives the movie a fantastic human center quite unique to the series.
They find themselves on a quest to prevent the Nazis from acquiring the Holy Grail - and yeah, although this is essentially a rehash of the original, it's just so damn much fun that you simply don't care or even really notice.
I'd seen films 1 and 3 several times before I suddenly realized how similar they were, and that's the impressive strength of "Last Crusade" - you get so caught up in everything with Indy and his dad, so swept up in spectacular chase sequences, that they could be after the Ark a second time and you still wouldn't care.
"Raiders" may have established this traditional Indy formula, departed from only in the very different "Temple of Doom", but it is perfected and tied with a bow here in "Last Crusade".
The music is at its best, the action is at its best, the characters are at their best, and of course Spielberg is at his best. It's a straight-up A-grade thrillride.
This review of The Indian Runner (1991) was written by Writefilmlive21 on 29 Dec 2012.
The Indian Runner has generally received positive reviews.
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